Q3U1 Pt. 1 Ancient China Mongolia Taiwan 2025

Choose the best description of the Silk Road.

• 1. A paved highway through Central China used by Ancient Chinese emperors

• 1. A number of trade routes that went between China and Eastern Europe

• 1. A short road covered with silk between the emperor’s house and his palace

• An established trade route between India and Europe

• 1. The road between the silk factories and the capital of Ancient China where you could buy silk

Which of the following BEST describes a significant EFFECT of the various routes of the Silk Road?

• 1. Increased religious conflict between China and the Middle East

• African nations began to frequently invade Asian nations

• 1. The spread of ideas, goods, and people to the Americas from Africa improved

• 1. Diffusion of ideas, goods, and people between Europe and Asia

By 600 CE, merchants were bringing goods, like silk from China, westward through deserts across mountains of Afghanistan. How did these traders move goods through these lands?

• 1. By building fast caravel ships and motorized speedboats

• By organizing caravans with camels or horses

• By hiring skilled sailors with massive gunboats

• By traveling with large armies with tanks and planes

Which of these was an effect of ancient trade between China and distant lands along the Silk Road?

• Caravan security decreased

• Use of Chinese products decreased internationally

• Spoken languages became isolated

• cultural diffusion of Religious and philosophical ideas and languages

• increase of Chinese exports globally

The dynasty during which the Mongols ruled China was the…

• Shang

• Qing

• Ming

• Han

• Yuan

Which of the following are innovations by the Ancient Chinese?

• Hieroglyphs, gunpowder, number 0

• Sailboat, Mummification, Sanskrit

• Planned cities, papyrus, wheel

• Paper, seismograph, gunpowder

• silk, paper money, acupuncture

Why do you think that Ming China quit their sea exploration voyages after putting so much time and effort into them?

• The people of China found the oceanic travels funded by the Ming a waste of money

• Zheng He died, and no other voyagers had the courage to travel on the high seas

• 1. Ming China was wealthy all on their own and desired nothing from the outside world.

• 1. The invention of the airplane made sea exploration unnecessary and less reliable.

• The Chinese wanted to be isolated and protected from foreign invasion or influence after the Yuan dynasty

How do you think Ming China’s quitting of their voyages impacted their dynasty?

• The stopping of extravagant voyages led to more isolation of China from the world

• The Ming Dynasty was able to transfer funds from voyages to build up Mao’s Red Army.

• It slowed down the spread of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism to China.

• It lowered the demand for Chinese products in Europe.

Which of the following reasons led to the decline of both the Ming and Qing dynasties?

• high taxation

• loss of the Mandate of Heaven

• corrupt officials and poor decisions from government leaders

• economic losses and increase in foreign influence due to the results of the Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion

• The Qing Dynasty is still in power in China

What effect did the Opium Wars and the Treaty of Nanjing have on China?

• Chinese Nationalist rebels increased their influence in rural areas.

• The Qing government expelled the Western powers.

• China was divided into spheres of influence by foreign countries.

• China adopted a democratic system of government.

• Foreign trading increased as control of Hong Kong was given to the British